Rainger FX Dr Freakenstein Fuzz with Knifeswitch

This is an extreme tone-mangling distortion, adapted from John Hollis' 'Crash Sync' circuit. It's the same circuit as that used in the original Dr Freakenstein Fuzz (click here for that page), but in a steel desk-type enclosure, with true bypass footswitching incorporated. There are volume and tone (sort of) knobs, the latter labelled 'OSC' which controls the harmonic overtones in the sound. Move mouse over picture

This sounds great at any setting, but also is really exciting as you adjust it - like a cross between a wah wah and a phaser. So an LFO option is incorporated to modulate this control (giving a triangle wave-shape, speed adjustable from a slow sweep to a fast wobble). There's a switch ('MOD') on the front panel to turn this on or off, the status and speed of the oscillator shown by the red and white throbbing meter backlight.

Because of how the distortion circuit works, the Dr Freakenstein has an impressive built-in noise gate, creating dead silence between notes (which is very strange for a distortion!)

KNIFESWITCH
The knifeswitch turns the power on - like plugging a lead into the input sockets of most other pedals. On throwing it, the orange control-illumination LEDs come on.








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